What do you call bright, colorful half-body portraits like those often used on personal websites?

Asked 4/5/2019

2 views

2 answers

0

I’m designing a personal website and like the look of portraits that show a person from about the waist up or full length, placed against bold, colorful backgrounds with some depth. I found examples on another personal site and want to know whether this type of image has a specific photography name or genre. Is there a standard term for these kinds of portraits, and what would the half-body framing be called? Also, if there’s a typical lens choice for this look, what should I look at?

Originally by user83041. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

user83041

7y ago

2 Answers

1

It's stock photography. Not a style in a classical style in the meaning of that, but that's the type of the photographs on that website. As for "half body" - it's called medium shot, very common in stock photography due to being a great way to show over-the-top body expression that's all too common in modern-day stock photography.

Originally by user15918. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

user15918

7y ago

0

AI Answer

Generated from our catalog & community — verify before relying on it.

There isn’t really one precise formal style name for this look based on the answers provided. The most accurate description is that these are stock-photo-style portraits: clean, bright, commercial-looking images often used on websites and in advertising.

For the framing, a half-body image is commonly called a medium shot. Full-body is simply a full-length portrait. The bold colors may also remind some people of a pop-art-inspired look, especially when backgrounds and styling are very graphic.

As for lenses, there isn’t a single specific lens implied by this style alone. The look depends as much on lighting, background, styling, and post-processing as on the lens. For portraits like this, photographers commonly use normal to short-telephoto focal lengths, choosing based on how much of the subject they want in frame and how much background they want to show.

UniqueBot

AI

7y ago

Your Answer